Childlike ≠ Childish

[@AenVegra]

I think it really is telling that most society tends to create such... toxic views of what growing up and growing in maturity looks like. It's about feeling better about yourself, and not allowing yourself to be hurt because you are comfortable in your own skin, you're comfortable with yourself, and you can open up and feel childlike wonder and awe or show your feelings and emotions again. This... kind of second-childhood would come not from being nieve like you are when you are young... unknowing of all the horrors of the world... but instead because you come to a point where you no longer mind what people think or do or say-that their preconceptions don't matter, and you can show what you feel and let your mind open once again, this time able to let whatever they assault you with roll off of you, like rain off a healthy fur coat. That it's not your fault that you think or feel the way you do-that you're not wrong to be different. That they're just probably insecure or upset because of things they think you should be, or perhaps that you represent something in themselves they fear, and they lash out because of that. And you're not in the wrong just because they do. That you don't have to feel guilty for what you like.

[@SpaceGuy861]

Being in touch with your inner child is mature, society has put so many stipulations on what being normal looks like. When we feel gratitude and love life in the moments we have, people forget to realize that being mature is simply being emotionally intelligent and self aware, how we respond to a situation rather than how we look on the outside and the resolve we have for ourselves about life. It's completely okay to let go and live life right now. Knowing everything that's lead to this point and being proud, and greatful for it. Being who you are in any present moment. Without remorse.

[@DiamondGoldmane]

I think the fact that maturity is pushed upon us has suppressed our emotions. I solely believe that you should stick to yourself and admire and express how you feel. Just earlier today I saw two people in fursuit for the first time and I got extremely excited. It was then I realized that it’s okay to be me and express what I like.

[@adamgallahan6747]

Absolutely that’s why I never hide my excitement for anything! Or tone it down at all! I’m 34 but I feel like my maturity level is like 15 but sometimes i feel like i act like and feel like a kid!

[@DiamondGoldmane]

@@adamgallahan6747 exactly. I’m currently a teenager and I’m soon going to be an adult and I want to embrace my childhood and interests as much as I can. There’s no harm in that! 😁

[@fluff_nupkin]

childlike is knowing how to be goofy and have fun as an adult, childish is refusing to take on adult responsibilities and being immature

[@6tanooki9]

the blue talking dog sent me spiraling

[@littlealphapup]

🫂🫂🫂

[@ScaleShift]

The blue talking doogggg

[@ninetysixOSC]

Everyone teen or adult needs their inner child whenever they feel happy or sad. When we were younger, we may have not smiled the best but those smiles were never fake ❤️

[@calvinunroe2312]

I don’t know how I’m not sure exactly why, but silently listening to what you said here at 12:46 am on a Sunday night in the darkness of my room has just completely shattered me and I’m just quietly sobbing. I wish so long, so desperately long, for my inner child and I just want more than anything to hold that feeling for a few more fleeting moments

[@HuskyMan77]

I'm an adult yet I still let my inner child out lol, it's just refreshing to do from time to time. It's like a way to have fun and make you happy.

[@TheDragonsDarknessGaming]

Dam those words are really powerful thank you so much milo for letting me hear this and it’s true we learn new things everyday and amazed by stuff that exists

[@ethantaylor5425]

I know you've been going through stuff yourself buddy, and I'm so glad to see you posting again. Your uploads always have this way of brightening my day, the blue pupper's words and calming voice always make my serotonin flow. I hope life's been going better for you, because you really make a huge postive impact on my own life with your content. Also your sona/VR model is so adorable and cute, I just want to give him a big fluffy hug ❤

[@Kalel_The_Protogen]

Milo, I think you should be hired as a therapist

[@adamgallahan6747]

I don’t change my personality for anyone or for any situation, I don’t suppress it at all and I always am expressing my inner child to the fullest!

[@furretwalk2447]

I have always been afraid of growing up, and I wish I could go back to my childhood. I'm 20 years old, but I hardly feel like it - I still haven't fully processed the fact I'm an adult. I don't live alone, so it's hard for me to outwardly let my inner child out with things like playing with toys or plushies. I have lost my innocence to the internet many years ago, and I know I'll never get it back, but at least I get to mentally regress to a time where I was blissfully unaware of everything in the world. This video helped me feel validated, and frankly, better. Thank you, Milo.

[@dotter8]

Letting yourself play and be silly sometimes is important too. The Doctor* once said, "There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes." You still have to be nice to others, though. It takes a lot of maturity to be your inner child, practice, too. That sounds like a paradox; you have to let yourself be genuine and spontaneous, but still be in control. *Tom Baker I think, although any of them might have said it

[@SkyTheWriter90]

Tom Baker was indeed the Doctor who said it

[@ecolescence_REAL]

Loving the little things is the only way to appreciate big achievements. If you don’t value the journey, you (most likely) will not value the destination. ❤❤❤

[@AenVegra]

I'd say that there's a degree of nievety that is also important as an aspect to this. Like... First it's nievety, and later, it's letting go. Not caring you 'look immature' by being interested in things you care about. Not caring that you enjoy taking time to love the things you do, or being generally affectionate with others in ways that would be 'embarrassing'. I don't mean doing things that would make people uncomfortable, I mean... doing things that would make others ridicule you simply because they think it shows vulnerability. And most importantly... Showing emotions. Showing that you ARE weak, when you are weak, not feeling guilty to admit that you are a valid, sapient, sentient being with feelings and pain and flaws, and that you don't *have* to be perfect or flawless or... anything else. That's what I'd add to it.

[@BrandonCroker]

How very true and insightful

[@IorekByrnison086]

True. Thanks for the encouraging words.

[@JohnJohnson-vf1kk]

The first thing I thought of when I saw this, was something that happened to me a few months ago. Me and my mom had gone to Durham, NC, and shortly before we left for home, we decided to attend an arts festival. I had lots of fun there, but one memory that really stood out was when we came across a small playground. I don't know what it was, but seeing all of those kids enjoying themselves struck some sort of chord within me, and before I knew it, I thought: "Screw it! I'm going down the slide!" And I did. I went down the slide twice, even shouting out that nobody could be too old to enjoy a slide. I was just so... happy. It was a fleeting feeling of freedom, being able to just... _do that,_ without fearing judgment or criticism. I let a part of me free, and it felt so amazing. The child in us is really just us, but without all the hate and judgment the world put on us. Letting that child out is one of the most freeing things ever. So thank you, Milo, for making this video, and striking a chord within me.

[@salmanbaig3983]

The words... Nice What's going in my brain: I don't have inner child anymore

[@martinthatoneguy8227]

That's why i always select the "child at heart" perk 😃

[@doctortheopolis3122]

Childlike is playing with a giant cat toy even if you're a dog.

[@nova_the_happy_llama]

Beautifully said Milo. I'm working on it yet, but this fandom has helped me slowly tap into that. Being able to just be happy and completely yourself while running around like a goofball has slowly helped me understand what my inner child has been lacking all my life

[@NijiGayCoyote]

Thank you very much ❤I needed this. Rn I have up and downs and I still don’t know how to stay here but your videos definitely help me a lot, thank you so so much for this and everything else. Btw I love how calming your voice is.

[@Godly_Improvement]

bro is spitting facts right now.

[@vobii]

You're right, because since I've started "using" my inner child, my life is definitely better 🥹

[@UrsaBearo]

i’m glad you’re posting again, your videos are so nice to take a moment to breathe and appreciate the little things that make life special (like your videos for example)

[@SGT_Squid_Dog]

My inner child has been locked away for years because of my parents. I have to pretend to be interested in things I personally don't find that exciting anymore. There was a time where I loved science, mainly space, but now it feels like I'd rather jump off a cliff before anything else comes along. I can't tell my parents who I really am or who I really want because they won't accept it, say it's just a phase, pretend I said nothing, or at worst make my life hell. My inner child is either locked so far away that I can't even feel it anymore or is just completely gone.

[@KrokstheCrocodile]

Sometimes I wish that I could be a child again, but time move on, and so are we, let yourself enjoy the little things like a kid but in the same time still be a mature adult

[@StoneJammer]

Truer words have never been spoken my friend ❤

[@divineeye147]

Kids can be cruel and I am very in touch with my inner child *Boss Music starts playing* In all seriousness, that was a very good video.

[@elecmagpulse7385]

I feel like as a child I pressured myself into being “mature” for fear of being more ostracized than I already was. It’s been slow, but I’ve been trying to let my inner child out more nowadays, in large part due to your encouraging words. Thank you as always for everything, Milo. 💙

[@wolfman2070]

I like this! The feeling of not knowing can be scary but it also leaves room for curiosity!

[@SilverWolfWorship]

The world is an amazing place.

[@Terkina__]

I saw a sentence under a birthday post that I liked. "Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional." Yes we grow older, it's something we can't change. Important is to stay young and curious in our hearts and minds. Sometimes life is easier to handle when we allow our inner child to show up and show us the different wonders the world has to offer! ❤

[@AenVegra]

There's growing in maturity and growing in 'maturity'. Society tends to tell us so often that it's 'mature' to not show emotions and to be invulnerable. But we're not. We're imperfect and flawed, and that's something that we can't just 'grow out of'. Something we can... is allowing others to hurt us. It sounds the same, but it's the difference between shooting down everything remotely threatening... and just realizing that it doesn't matter, and letting whatever comes roll off of you like water off a window.

[@Pugfun545]

This hit me especially as a babyfur

[@RaysTherianLife]

I find it difficult to show inner child as my family see that as childish but unfortunately i do age regress Involuntary alot when I'm alone just to feel everything and to take joy out of simple things like dot to dot worksheets or just doing random things that i wouldn't normally do.

[@desertfox195]

Thanks, this literally could not have better timing! ^w^ A couple days ago, I got called childish in one of the discord servers I'm in because of how I reacted jokingly at a silly comment. It really dug deep for some reason. This really helped calm me down :3

[@Yipper64]

I tend to think about this concept through my faith, in particular, Mathew 18, here are the opening verses, "At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” 2 He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them. 3 And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 5 And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me." There is a very real way that the mindset of a child can be lost on an adult, and losing that is actually ironically losing a bit of a sense of reality. This video really speaks to all that. Remember just because you have some authority in your life, some independence, you arent the greatest authority, that will always be God.

[@SkyTheWriter90]

My inner is what allows me to see things from a different perspective; he's the one who let's me step back from being an adult and saying that I can have some fun in my busy schedule.

[@rexthewarhorse]

You are always welcome to visit my pillow fort Milo 😊

[@HunterNeyorApollo]

I had been forced to grow up under pressure of my family from there actions and I hate it I have no clue we're my inner child went Idk and that's scary

[@originalname7176]

Screw therapy, the furry fandom has everithing I need

[@gheata_playz874]

Are you spying on me? I was literally talking to my sister about this 😂

[@JimBobJoeB0b]

So so true! ❤

[@kai_920]

Childish Gambino X Childlike Gambno✓

[@JustFoxingAround]

I'll always be child like. ÒwÓ

[@turboking9238]

"I like being childish! There's no point in being grown up if you can't act a little childish." ~The 4th Doctor

[@ECHOBLASTER]

It's hard to explain my life to someone who doesn't know, but the one thing you do know is that you helped me a little. I have a lot of bad memories as a child, but it's over now, one thing is that I'm grateful in the present and I can be more vocal than ever

[@LeopardPrintRunt]

Never stop learning!😄

[@Cavallerizza_Canina]

Parole sagge, amico mio.

[@juliusklein6245]

This is so accurate. In my real life i really struggled with letting my inner child out. But when i found an amazing group of friends on VRC i decided that i didnt always have to be the mature emotion suppressing person society wanted me to be, and ive never felt so free to be and express myself as i feel when im with them. They all accept me for who i am and i never worried that being my true self would be a problem. My inner child does burn a lot of energy, so im often exhausted after a while, but thats perfectly fine my be. And my friends allow me to sleep when we hang out which is super nice.

[@Voltagenix]

Damn I need to relax more often. I've been locked in for so long because frankly, life hits you like a truck sometimes. but thanks for another lesson Milo!

[@Barakon]

Perhaps the inner child is indomitable human spirit or libido that people have simply neglected. Perhaps it is the animal within.

[@TacticaLLR]

yes ❤

[@adriansantiagojr.8378]

BOOP DA SNOOT!!

[@Ace_Valley]

❤

[@Fox45_]

I most get mad at small things but i just control it

[@waffler-yz3gw]

blue dog

[@RileyFB]

Oh, anyway cool fursona

[@rasputinlenin6699]

I hate saying this but my childhood was not like everyone else. Spinabifida and other things prevented me from doing anything that a normal kid could. It ended up in the best thing ever. Discipline and driving a Oregon Coast Scienic Railroad train from Rockaway to Garibaldi Oregon. To be honest my dad gave me the discipline through a BB rifle via sniping. He was a expert marksman in boot during Vietnam. Oh and I was only 8 at that time for both.

[@greenbean325]

Lol some people are incapable of fully maturing Now this can confirm that I don't need to fully mature just act adult like enough

[@prostocatuwu]

I don't think it's safe to allow my inner child act...

[@EzylrybSoren]

The ability to show ones inner child died over 20 years ago. Yet I seam to keep getting messages of you should let it out for us to see witch is strange coming from the toxic parts of society that target you and penalise you for not having a normal brain buy rather a inhumane one. I wish for others to never lose what I have as it's a dark, lonely existence when you have.

[@TimberTheWolf]

OwO

[@perkybirdy]

*B E A C H I L D*

[@cosmeticincantations7997]

Yeah but I think we should advocate for people who are “childish” to some extent cause even members of my own family can sometimes call me childish in condescension in response to [insert autism trait here] and that doesn’t really have anything to do with this but it still hurts

[@MarkTolmanMA]

What's the point of being grown up, if you can't be childish sometimes?

[@qantj]

Your voice is like audiable ice cream and I love it!

[@ruthshere9468]

i am childlike. not at all childish.

[@indeed8211]

last time i let my inner child out i sat on an airbag on the roof set it off and landed in a pool... i dont think it should be let out again

[@foxy1908]

I fly drones and film the horses with my drone. I really like that song really so let me go I was wondering is it OK to use that into a KZbin shorts video for a video that song really touched me keep it up dude you’re a good singer

[@soupmachine5831]

so what you saying my G is that it's ok to get goofy with it every now and den? Siiiiiit I new dat :3

[@greasycheese8095]

Sadly it's much too late for me

[@srHarryGamer197]

E!...

[@JT0H]

Huh

[@lil_run4cov3r]

i cant believe this is recco to me

[@BaumatronYT]

❤️

[@arthernandez424]

💙

[@TheQueerLeaf]

❤